How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

[faithhopecharity]

There are 3 tenses to salvation and the third tense is glorification.

You misunderstood the point that Paul was making in 1 Corinthians 13:2. Again, Paul uses hyperbole about understanding ALL mysteries and ALL knowledge and having faith that can move mountains yet having NO love to express the importance of love. Faith works through love (Galatians 5:6), but we are saved through faith, not faith "plus love/acts of charity/works."

Love is the greatest quality between faith, hope and love (1 Corinthians 13:13) because God is love and it outlasts faith and hope. Long after the "evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1) are now seen and we are no longer looking for the "blessed hope" - (expectation of what is sure) and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13) because we are now in His presence, love will still be the principle that governs all that God and his saints are and do throughout eternity in the new heaven and new earth.

Paul is not teaching that even if our faith is genuine that our faith cannot save us without producing "enough" love/acts of charity which culminates in salvation by works. Paul is stressing the importance of love, not teaching that faith in Christ is insufficient to save us without the merits of our best efforts to love.

From beginning 'have been saved through faith" (Ephesians 2:8) to end "receiving the end of your faith--the salvation of your souls" (1 Peter 1:9) salvation is by grace through faith and is not by works. Salvation is through faith (righly understood) in Jesus Christ alone.

behold the reformation tradition!

A thought 1 pet 1:9 says: salvation is at the beginning of faith alone!

thks

 

[mailmandan]

how do you do this by "faith alone"?

thks

After being saved through faith in Jesus Christ alone (Romans 4:5 - God imputes righteousness apart from works/Ephesians 2:8,9 - Saved by grace through faith, not works) we then live by faith and not by sight. (2 Corinthians 5:7) As the apostle Paul said in Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

 

[mailmandan]

behold the reformation tradition!

A thought 1 pet 1:9 says: salvation is at the beginning of faith alone!

thks

Behold the Roman Catholic sales pitch and salvation tense confusion. Once again, you confuse the beginning "have been saved through faith" (from the PENALTY of sin - justification) with the end "receiving the end of your faith--the salvation of your souls" (from the PRESENCE of sin - glorification).